Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-05

the letter Of Comraae A. j. Huggins,
OF ScottsborO, Ala, suggesting some
point in the southwestern states fer our
next annual reunion Of Mexican wa
veterans, The Fort Worth Texas Ga
zET7E CT July y, leading daily pub
li-hed in that thriving city, has the fol-
lowing:
Why NOT AT FORT WORTH:
The following from the Washington Ne3ette,
a new paper published IN the Interests of the
Mexican war veterans, Suggests 10 The GA
ZErIE the pre-eminent Ges1T4Diity of Fort
WoE.h Is southwestern place Of meeting for
the old veterans who fought with Scott aud
lay To-. The su 'g-siJn OF roint
In the southwest as the pace OF meet
iEE IS sustained by the reasons urged III the
articles he.e printed from the Nede.Ie, no Fora
- ortn , pecu iarlv the child OF southwest I'll
Development and hope VI has say the Oh sol
dte-s 10 i visit to Fort " OTIn, where they may
n 1t only see the typical southwest city, but
where they viii meet we come that vii. do
their hearts good. Nashville Is the most south
eTn 20 ~ al which th=v IA V0 yet met. IN TIE
GNZEIrE invit them to select 10 Worth Tor
their meeting next IAl.. I0e following editorial
ana letter are from the Ncdaite: Then fol
lows editorial and Comra4e higgins letter
In fUll'
Colonel George ". Keene ana william
i E&es, Esq, vice-qresidents OF the
National Association for Texas, in 8 let
ter dated July u, unite in recommending
acceptance OF this Invitation, and say:
we are receiving letters from al parts of
the country in regard 10 tins place OF our mex.
reunion, and ma ayo~ IcNI'. The editor Of
Jng Fort Worth GAZETTE. enc ii the lcst
papers in the state. has aGvistdlv extended an
invitation IN beHaG OF The citizens of that
place, and Herewith iuclCse yOu the article ne
publishes TorL Worth Is ID miles west Of
thl5 place lJclic; SON Texas. 10 70 rteel years
o!0, hss 3eulu inbeOI ants. and they VIII unite
Z
assurance OF some OF the lc sding business men
Il The city # + O-t @OrtA illat w snail nave q
grand time. II this meets your spproyalp cas-
let Us know the Ealn-s an ad2r,ss OF the
committee app0mted TO name the place
| el,as last meeting ut tie National AssO-
CT lti0n left the selection OF the time and
place Tor the next meeting CT The preei-
3deuJ and secretary. Before General Den
fgeF lef- Washington for his home i'll VIII
fSiiAssg &gn, Oaio, the secre t&ry conferred
! Witgshian IA regard &c tbs next meeting,
! when he terna rkaC that If no proposals
/ reached headquarters this summer
from g responsible source, the next
meeting viii be held il Washington City
( II February next, as The constitution pro
1 yides.
/ This proposition coming from leading
citizens OF For. Worth, and indOrsed hy
! the yice-p presidents IF the state Of Texas,
/ seems, sufficient TO Justify the Nedctte
/ in announcing that he next ANIMAL reun-
/ ion will be held ia Fort Worth, Tex, ard
Eve hope TO be aole in the next issue 10
IInnounca the dsy of meeting after leGrn-
lng the most convenient time from cur
sfr;end5 IL Texas.
4 Fort Worth is the county seat of Tar
rant county, in the northern part oj the
state, and appears from Z diagram
{ il the title heading CT TIE GAZETTE
/ 20 be railroad center, with radIa-
/ IiaE connections to ali points q
/ tie compass, thGs SffOrdirg easy access
! to the 400 veterans wh3 receive the
/ Vedette IN that state, besides the yaster
number residing in AlkansSs, Louisiana,
! mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennes
/ see and the CarolinGs, who C2D reach the
/ place Of meeting with Comparatively
/ little loss Of time X deferred until lGtt
ia the fail, after the hOt Na&tier IS ever
! doubtless large humber would go f5Cn
Missouri, Illinois. iJGjsnG and Kentucky
Indeed, The EeGette CGuaot set
Why this Texas reunion should
not be me andest "fanGa0gO" tx
veterans have ever participated in. !
ex-senator Mayey, 5yern0r Thr0ckmOr
ton, Congressman SlGs Hare, rfej
Dorm, General S. p. Ross, General Bus
ter, ". y. A. Wallace, General Lane
and huGdrs ds OF other emlIeIc snd en
thusisSl:c friends Of the National ASs0Iia
ton VIII take hold ard pull together, thC
event viii be one long to be remembered
Ey virtue Of the position il the asSoeJg
tioa held by the editor Of the NedsEe
every veteran Ct Mexico rs
sidirg in Texas is bGrens
appointed member of the c2mmittt
of arrangements, ard Is respectfully
Instructed to inform the editor ofSAj
county newspaper that the Old Srmy d
Mexico, or what remains OF II, .Wall SIS
sem ele..a. Fort Worth Canned after on
OF cur most gallant generals) on 8 da
neXt fall, hereafter II be d2sIgnatedgit
The Eedette. Vice Presidents keene Ga
Estes OF jefferson, viii douhtlysS calt.
council and establish headquarters a
Fort Worth, whence arrangements cal
be formulated with regard 10 traGsH2TtR
ton, quarters, accommodating ioGgi il
itOTs, etc, and tx Up s PE0grs Rgn eSss
proceedings.
II is proper to say that Confrade A, J
Uugains, Of Scotts5oro, Ain, whose lei
ter 10 the Eedette called up this subject
has written private letter to the editor
in which he recommends the accaptanc
of the Fort Worth invitation. He ssy
that while the Arkansas comrades &c
sired the "picric" 20 come eff al 81
Springs, they have grac fully yielded {
the Texans on account Of the prom ne;
} place that empire commonwealth Cf Ii
= south occupies in the history OF the Mex
icsn war.